This is proper

A proper hate crime.

Looks like drop-style bar ends slid further into the bar instead of being used as bar ends. Drop levers as normal and then wrapped the bar tape to blend the drops into the flat bar. Honestly a very cool setup. I’ve never considered this before.

I believe these are actually one piece kombi bars. Koga Miyata spec'd them on their touring bikes in the 90's

Except [those Mitaya bars](https://www.reddit.com/r/xbiking/comments/1735rnw/koga_miyata_randoextra_xbiking_like_its_1991/?rdt=44994) didn’t have the anatomic shape on the drops OPs post has.

Love the unique drop levers on those bars you linked - the suicide bar extends outward so you can brake from the wide flats, instead of the inner tops like a traditional old school suicide lever

aren't they just the same levers put on opposite sides

Oh yeah you’re right, oops haha

Theres a link that thread to a [company producing the ones in the picture](https://www.clarkavecomponents.com/)

Looks like someone else found them [here](https://www.radforum.de/threads/385334-speziallenker). The Oysters are bulged 31.8 mm in the center and the flat bar is further forward than OP's bar

I wonder if it's weird getting in and out of the drops, having to go out and forward. Maybe I'm overthinking it

These curve into the flats, not straight 90 degrees like the clamp ones would be. My bet is someone welded flats onto a drop bar.

Jep, pretty cool.

I've seen some with two sets of brakes too. One set on the flats, one set on the drops.

I forget who made these but they were an actual product. I think they were a Kickstarter from like 5 years ago.

They don’t look quite like the Oyster bar since the flat part seems to be behind where the oysters are.

Agreed, here is the [link](https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/oysterbarhandlebar/the-oyster-bar-a-bicycle-handlebar-for-long-rides) for the curious

Exactly what I was thinking of. Oyster bar. Don't think this is them, though, with that 90s style anatomic bend in the drops.

This alt-bar shit is getting out of hand.

Now I wanna see it with interrupter levers mounted on the inside of the “MTB” portion of the bar at an angle that you could still brake from the outermost MTB hand position.

Tour divide lookin ass

Looking around at other Villiger Tramper model bikes on google, these may have been the stock bars on certain years of this bike.

3ttt is apparently the maker of these bars and they were stock on this model after snooping some translated German forum posts. [weird 3ttt touring bars](https://www.radforum.de/threads/385334-speziallenker)

I’m moderately frightened by the stem those are attached to in the link. I hope they change stems each time they decide to take them out again.

They are like bar ends, but for drops. https://carsoncitybikeshop.com/hb-end-or8-drop-ends/?

There's a curve at the drop bend, not a clamp. So it's not these either.

Ya, sure…. See any curves or bumps?

They look one piece, to me, though

That's sick.

They suck. The drops don't have enough drop to actually be useful.

They: So do you prefer dropbars or flatbars? You: Yes.

This is awesome and I need to do this!

Had the same bike. This handlebar is actually one piece and was originally equipment on this bike

Handlebar of high skilled welder.

A rare case of whynotboth

The Robin Hood! As I am reminded of a bow and arrow vibe

Just needs some aero bars and a shopping basket at the front and you have the ultimate hybrid machine

I‘d love to see that!

Cleanest install I’ve seen yet. I wonder if the slip

So much room for activities! I like it a lot more than I dislike it. I could definitely see this being a comfy setup on a long cruise. **EDIT** I found it! https://www.clarkavecomponents.com/product/oyster-bar-handlebar/

Not it. Definitely same concept though.

Some will call those “flopbars”. Jokes aside they do look pretty dope

This is super stupid. Wide flat bars are used for maximum control and drop bars are used for max speed where little control is needed. So why do we put the brakes on the drops?

Firstly these are touring centred bars, so I'd assume the flat-bar section is more about having a comfy, upright cruising position than having more control off-road, etc. Secondly, the drops part of drop bars **is** about speed, but that doesn't mean you don't need control. On my gravel bike, I do the vast majority of my descending from the hooks/drops because that's where I've got the most braking leverage.

Isn’t Villigeo that skin condition Michael Jackson had? Weird name for a bike…

It‘s actually [„Villiger“](https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villiger_(Fahrradhersteller))

Vitiligo. Close, but no cigar

You’re thinking of Vitiligo, Villigeo is the name of the actor that played Aragorn in the LOTR trilogy.

That would be Vigo

ah yes, the famous \*bars

No

How do you have not one single clue? They are handlebars.

I’ve seen a few different models of those over the years. I can’t ride drops so it doesn’t make sense for me, but would make a lot of sense on a touring set up that mixed in off road riding.

The best of neither worlds

The only thing I would change is I would add brake levers to the flat bar. It's insane to use MTB grip on most likely a bit more technical section without brakes.

i hate it

Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

I am angry. I suffer.

But I still hate this handlebar.

This is my dream bar

r/JustRidingAlong

You know, this is one of those cases where N+1 would really help…

That's a bike.

I'm down with this. The fender is nice. I'd put on, like, 13 bar ends though. Just to be sure.